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<hw>Ex` of*fi"ci*o</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Ex officiis</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>From office; by virtue, or as a consequence, of an office; officially.</def>

<h1>Exogamous</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*og"a*mous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Exo-</ets> + Gr. <?/ marriage.]</ety> <def>Relating to exogamy; marrying outside of the limits of one's own tribe; -- opposed to <i>endogenous</i>.</def>

<h1>Exogamy</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*og"a*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The custom, or tribal law, which prohibits marriage between members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; -- opposed to <i>endogamy</i>.</def>

<i>Lubbock.</i>

<h1>Exogen</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex"o*gen</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Exo-</ets> + <ets>-gen</ets>: cf. F. <ets>exog\'8ane</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant belonging to one of the greater part of the vegetable kingdom, and which the plants are characterized by having c wood bark, and pith, the wood forming a layer between the other two, and increasing, if at all, by the animal addition of a new layer to the outside next to the bark. The leaves are commonly netted-veined, and the number of cotyledons is two, or, very rarely, several in a whorl. Cf. <er>Endogen</er>.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Exogenetic</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex`o*ge*net"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Arising or growing from without; exogenous.</def>

<h1>Exogenous</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*og"e*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or having the character of, an exogen; -- the opposite of <i>endogenous</i>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Growing by addition to the exterior.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Growing from previously ossified parts; -- opposed to <i>autogenous</i>.</def>

<i>Owen.</i>

<cs><col>Exogenous aneurism</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>an aneurism which is produced by causes acting from without, as from injury.</cd></cs>

<h1>Exogyra</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex`o*gy"ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ out, outside + <?/ circle.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A genus of Cretaceous fossil shells allied to oysters.</def>

<h1>Exolete</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex"o*lete</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exoletus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>exolescere</ets> to grow out, grow out of use; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>olescere</ets> to grow.]</ety> <def>Obsolete; out of use; state; insipid.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Exolution</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex`o*lu"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exolutio</ets> a release. See <er>Exolve</er>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Exsolution</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Exolve</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*olve"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exolvere</ets>, <ets>exsolutum</ets>; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>solvere</ets>.]</ety> <def>To loose; to pay.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Exon</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex"on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from E. <ets>Exe</ets> (Celt. <ets>uisge</ets> water) the name of a river.]</ety> <def>A native or inhabitant of Exeter, in England.</def>